Topic
The FAA says it won't certify the 737 MAX 10 until it evaluates a flight-computer software issue that can drop pilots out of automated landing guidance after a missed approach — a flaw Boeing found in November 2024 but didn't flag to regulators as a safety issue until last month.
Voting opened September 24 on Boeing's revised four-year contract for about 17,000 SPEEA engineers and technical workers, with a 10% raise and a strike deadline of October 6 if it fails.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered five 787-10s and six 737-8s, its second Boeing order this year, taking 2026 commitments to 25 jets. Prices and delivery dates were not disclosed.
Turkish Airlines and Boeing signed a firm order for 100 737-8s plus 50 options in New York on September 23, closing out a year-long dispute with engine maker CFM that had put the deal at risk of going to Airbus.
Nine months after closing its Spirit AeroSystems buyback, Boeing's own SEC filings show acquired liabilities outweighing acquired assets by $1.9 billion, pushed largely by $1.52 billion in "off-market" supplier contracts signed before the deal closed.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told investors on September 16 that 737 MAX production is running at 47 jets a month but is not yet stable, blaming a wing-production shortfall at its Renton plant that is also delaying the move to a rate of 52.
The FAA has confirmed Boeing quietly paid $3.1 million in January to settle hundreds of quality violations tied to the Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout — a penalty a US senator calls the cost of doing business.
With more than 16,000 jets on order and both manufacturers sitting on roughly a decade of production, 2026 is shaping into a race defined not by selling aircraft but by building them.